Lots of speculation and mystery surround the small unmanned robotic ... the size of one of NASA’s retired space shuttle orbiters. The concept for the X-37B started at NASA in 1999, was ...

In total, the small orbiter spent more than 434 days in space for the program’s latest mission. The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle ... much smaller than the space shuttle orbiter Vandenberg ...

On March 7, 2025, at 02:22 am EST, the U.S. Space Force’s X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle-7 (OTV-7) successfully deorbited and ...

First, the pairing shows just how small the X-37B is; it looks a toy next to the giant shuttle. (Indeed, two X-37B vehicles could fit inside the space shuttle's payload bay.) [The X-37B's Fourth ...

First, the pairing shows just how small the X-37B is; it looks a toy next to the giant shuttle. (Indeed, two X-37B vehicles could fit inside the space shuttle's payload bay.) [The X-37B's Fourth ...

The United States military is preparing to launch its secretive X-37B space plane on a seventh mission in orbit. The uncrewed vehicle, which resembles a miniature space shuttle, is slated to blast ...

The US X-37B and China's Shenlong are unmanned spacecraft that play secretive roles in space. Space-based technology has long given the US military an edge. A space plane like the Shenlong could ...

But after the Space Shuttle Columbia crashed and killed ... Though the image taken by its onboard camera shows just a small portion of the X-37B, few photos of the vehicle itself are available ...

The US Space Force’s mysterious X-37B unmanned drone is expected to soar ... 37Bs to test some of its new technologies, including a small solar panel designed to transform solar energy into ...

The Air Force has said it’s the first vehicle since NASA’s shuttle orbiter with the ability to return experiments performed in space to Earth for analysis. While many details of the X-37B’s ...